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Highlights of Carrie Lam's maiden Policy Address - Page 6 of 9 - Harbour Times

Highlights of Carrie Lam’s maiden Policy Address

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6. Elderly & Welfare

6.1 Higher Old Age Living Allowance

  • Provide a monthly allowance of $3435 to eligible elderly persons

6.2 Low-income Working Family Allowance

  • Extend the scheme to cover singletons
  • Increase all rates of allowance

6.3 Hygiene

  • Increase the cleaning frequency of hygiene blackspots
  • Step up law enforcement against littering, illegal dumping, illegal parking of bicycles, and shop-front extensions

6.4 MPF

  • The government supports the abolition of the “offsetting” MPF arrangement and is willing to increase its financial commitment to mitigate the impact of the abolition on enterprises

6.5 Chinese medicine

  • Set up a unit under the Food and Health Bureau to oversee Chinese medicine development
  • Plan for a Chinese medicine hospital in Tseung Kwan O